Improvement in ornamental painting on glass



-. I UNITED S A ES PATENT OF IC JNO. W. BOWERsjQQF BROOKLINE,MASSACHUSETTS.

Specificationformiug part of Letters PatentNo. 8,651, dateddanuary 13,1852.

.To all whom it may concern:

9 Be it known-that I, JOHN W. BowERs, of Brookline, inthe county ofNorfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulMethod, Art,or1?r'ocess of Ornamenting Glass orotheriTransparent Medium;and

I do hereby'declare that the same is fully .de-

fication. v

My process imparts toa painting on glass an appearance very much likethose figures which are executed on wood or papier-mach, and which aremore or less or in part made up of pieces of mother-of-pearl let intothe wood; The paintingsor figures produced by my said method have,very-beautiful properties of reflectinglight-sdch as are often exhibitedby 'silvered, prismatic, orcrystalline surfaces.

a In order that the principle of my invention may be understood, I willproceed to explain the application of the same to a plate of glass.

' Abunch of flowers or 'any'ornainental figure to be painted is firstto' be'outlined'on the I back side or surface of the sheet or plate ofglass, and all such parts as compose thefigure are to be coloredintransparent colors of various shades and lines, as maysuit the taste ofthe painter, the background being next laid on in an opaque color, andso as to extend up 1 to the outer boundariesof the various parts of vthe-design.- This having been done, or the picture prepared in any othersuitable manner so as to exhibit more or less transparency of color, Itake silver-foil or other proper metallic leaf-foil and crush o'rdoubte'it up or com pressit together in "such manner that when it is spread outunopened its whole surface, shall present irregular doubl in gs,crossing one another iu'various directions, and so as to impart to thepiece of foil an appearance of in- V regular crystallization, or,'instead of such a method of producing the double or properfiguredappearance of the foil,;any other more suitable or convenientprocess of etfectingthe I place or lay on and over the colored figure onthe glass and secure it in place" by a light glutinous size or by anyother suitable means,

'finaliy'protecting the whole by a backing of paper or any other propermaterial pasted or p otherwise fi'xed'over the same. .scribe'd andrepresented in the following speci- I mach, forinstance-Lfirst cover thesurface to be ornamented with a varnished or other proper background orprepare the background by any desirable means. 1- next draw-out oroutline upon such background the figure-to be produced. I next lay oversuch partsof it as-are to have the sparkling .metallized appea-rance thecorrugated or criinped foil cut up into the necessary shapes. I nextpaint .on the foil with transparent or semi-transparent colors the lightparts'of the figure, the darkershades'or coloring being ett'ected' bymore opaque colors ormatter's. I next put the plate of glass or thetransparent medium or one or more coats of varnish or japanning over thewhole, and by such means I produce a figure or figures having, whenexposed to strong" light,notonly a metallic luster, but a most beautifulsparkling or scintillated-appearance. What [claim as my improvementin.nienting surfaces consists in- Combining with theprocess'ot' paintingand ornameuting by metallic foil that of corrugating or crimping thefoil so as to impart to the figure or figures a'power of reflectinglight so asto produce the sparkling scintillated appearance, asspecified. V 1 In testimony, whereof I have hereto set my signature this27th day of October, A. D. 1851.

JOHN W. BOWERS.

Witnesses:

R, H. EDDY, GEo. W. CUTLER,

